Bibliofemme Bookclub An Irish Bookclub

January 10, 2012

The Tenko Club by Elizabeth Noble

Filed under: Book Reviews,Chick-Lit,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Tenko Club Author: Elizabeth Noble Genre: Female friendship Release Date: 2004 Pages: 377

The Tenko Club is made up of four women, Freddie the tall straight shooting American, Tamsin the English student and born to be mother, Reagan a moody intelligent career women and Sarah the beauty who makes men swoon. The girls met at Oxford University in the 80’s and over girly chats and late nights formed the Tenko Club, vowing to always

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The Master by Colm Tóibín

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Literature — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Master Author: Colm Tóibín Genre: Literature, Irish Publisher: Pan Macmillan Release Date: 2005-01 Pages: 359

The Master is Colm Tóibín’s sixth work of fiction and by far his best. Shortlisted for the 2004 Booker Prize, Tóibín was unlucky not to win. Focusing on the life of Henry James, Tobin has created a wonderful work of fiction that reads like a biography.

The book opens in 1895 as James’ play Guy Domville has received an appalling reception

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The Affair by Anna Dillon

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Title: The Affair Author: Anna Dillon Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 419

The saying goes that there are two sides to every story, but in The Affair there are three: those of the wife, the husband and the mistress.

Kathy and Robert have been married for eighteen years and have three children. Robert is spending more and more time at the office, working in his production company building the business – or so Kathy

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The Tea House on Mulberry Street by Sharon Owens

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Title: The Tea House on Mulberry Street Author: Sharon Owens Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Poolbeg Press Ltd

Penny Stanley has been married to Daniel for seventeen years and their marriage is falling apart. So too is their shabby tea house on Mulberry Street and Penny is slowly dying inside. Cheapskate Daniel is completely oblivious to his wife’s unhappiness and is determined to save every penny he can in case his life ever returns to the horrible

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Star of the Sea by Joseph O’Connor

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — The Techie @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Star of the Sea Author: Joseph O'Connor Genre: General Fiction, Irish Publisher: Vintage Books Release Date: 2003 Pages: 410

The Star of the Sea is the ironic name of one of the coffin ships that made it’s way painstakingly slowly from Ireland to America during the time of the famine. Carrying a load of Irish peasants who lived in squalor that was inhumane in the least this novel depicts the journey of those on board.

From the outset we are informed that their has

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Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keyes

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Title: Sushi for Beginners Author: Marian Keyes Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Publisher: Penguin Books Release Date: Aug 2 2012 Pages: 563

Three women in Dublin are going through a period of change in their lives. Bitchy, ambitious and beautiful, Lisa has been sent to Dublin to launch a brand new Irish Women’s Magazine, however as she thought her next move was to New York she feels like she is in exile and is none to happy with the alternative. On arrival she decides that her

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The Swing of Things by Sean O’Reilly

Filed under: Book Reviews,General Fiction,Irish — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: The Swing of Things Author: Sean O'Reilly Genre: Fiction, Irish Release Date: Jan 1 2005 Pages: 302

Sean O’Reilly’s first novel, Love and Sleep, made it on to the Irish Times’ list of the 50 Greatest Irish Novels, alongside such luminaries as Samuel Beckett, James Joyce and Patrick Kavanagh, while Curfew and Other Stories, his short story collection, was acclaimed by writers including Patrick McCabe, Colum McCann and Seamus Deane

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Take 6 Ingredients by Conrad Gallagher

Filed under: Book Reviews,Irish,Cookery — The Historian @ 12:55 pm
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Title: Take 6 Ingredients Author: Conrad Gallagher Genre: Cookery, Irish Release Date: 2003 Pages: 160

Michelin-starred Irish chef Conrad Gallagher sets out the ethos of this book in the introduction. Each recipe is to contain just six ingredients – not counting salt (Maldon Sea Salt), pepper (freshly ground) and best quality olive oil.

Gallagher always has been a curious mixture of the inspired (his cooking) and the pretentious (his behaviour

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Tangled Up in You by Gemma English

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Title: Tangled Up in You Author: Gemma English Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: Jan 1 2004 Pages: 451

Keelan has left home and is living in London. On her first big night out she meets Matthew and they seem to be made for each other. Matthew is gorgeous and Keelan can’t believe that he would want to be with her so, when he decides that the relationship is over, Keelan isn’t surprised. In fact she’s just annoyed with him, so annoyed

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Tara’s Fortune by Geraldine O’Neill

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Title: Tara's Fortune Author: Geraldine O'Neill Genre: Chick-Lit, Irish Release Date: 2005 Pages: 550

Tara Flynn has everything she ever dreamed of, married to her first love Gabriel Fitzgerald she in now mistress of Ballygrace House, and wants for nothing. Having grown up with very little Tara counts her blessings, but after several years of marriage there is still one thing missing, Tara and Gabriel have no children.

Biddy, Tara’s childhood

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